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Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus
© Teresa Farino
Scientific names of other invertebrates referred to in Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain
Common and scientific names of terrestrial invertebrates mentioned in
Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain largely follow Chinery, M (1993) Insects
of Britain and Western Europe. HarperCollins, with the undersea element
taken mainly from Riedll, R (1986) Fauna y Flora del Mar Mediterráneo.
Ediciones Omega, Barcelona, and Barnes, R (1979) The Natural History
of Britain & Northern Europe: Coasts and Estuaries. Book Club Associates.
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| Common name |
Scientific name |
| black sea-urchin |
Arbacia lixula |
| black squat lobster |
Galathea strigosa |
| common cockle |
Cerastoderma edule |
| common cuttlefish |
Sepia officinalis |
| common octopus |
Octopus vulgaris |
| common prawn |
Palaemon serratus |
| cotton-spinner |
Holothuria tubulosa |
| Egyptian grasshopper |
Anacridium aegyptium |
| fan mussel |
Pinna nobilis |
| fiddler crab |
Uca tangeri |
| golden carpet-clam |
Venerupis decussata |
| little Cape Town lobster |
Scyllarus arctus |
| long-finned squid |
Loligo vulgaris |
| migratory locust |
Locusta migratoria |
| mole cricket |
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa |
| Norway lobster |
Nephrops norvegicus |
| purple starfish |
Ophidiaster ophidianus |
| red starfish |
Echinaster sepositus |
| ribbon-tailed lacewing |
Nemoptera bipennis |
| rock sea-urchin |
Paracentrotus lividus |
| runner crab |
Pachygrapsus marmoratus |
| seven-rayed starfish |
Luida ciliaris |
| small carpet-clam |
Venerupis geographica |
| spiny lobster |
Palinurus elephas |
| stag beetle |
Lucanus cervus |
| sword razor |
Ensis minor |
| white-clawed crayfish |
Austropotamobius pallipes |
| yellow encrusting sea anemone |
Parazoanthus axinellae |
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